Maryland Gov. Wes Moore renewed the call to service by launching the fourth cohort of the Maryland Corps / Service Year Option (MC/SYO) program at Bowie State University on Sept. 11. In commemoration ...

In 1925, labor organizer and civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph was invited to be the first president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids. It was the first Black union to ...

Brian Simpkins hails from Fort Washington, Md. as a 2025 digital media graduate of the University of the District of Columbia. Brian's previous work was published by USA Lacrosse Magazine, Blaxers ...

Democratic candidate Julian Jones joined supporters at a watch party in Towson on June 23 after winning the primary race for Baltimore County executive. Jones secured 40.9 percent of the vote, leading ...

(Black Press USA Wire) – Fifty summers ago, in 1976, journalist and author Alex Haley published his masterwork, “Roots: The Saga of an American Family.” The timing was exquisite: As the nation ...

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) has unveiled a new tool to monitor actions coming out of the White House. The CBCF Executive Order Tracker: Understanding What's at Stake for Black ...

The Board of Directors of the Greater Washington Urban League (GWUL) recently appointed Dr. Faith Gibson Hubbard as interim president and CEO. Hubbard replaces George Lambert, who retired earlier this ...

Results from the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) released this week gave students, teachers and parents a reason to remain encouraged across Baltimore City, Baltimore County and ...

When Angel Reese waved her hand in front of her face during the 2023 NCAA championship—a taunt directed at Caitlin Clark—the backlash was immediate and visceral. Commentators called her "classless." ...

Experts at All Things Hair conducted a survey targeting US women of different ethnicities above the age of 16 to investigate hair inequality. The survey revealed that women of color with 4c hair are ...

After all of the publicity about Dorie Miller's heroic efforts by March of 1942, there was pressure on President Franklin D. Roosevelt from all over the United States to give Doris Miller the Medal of ...

When Miami Carol City Senior High School Principal Bridget McKinney went viral for confronting first-day-of-school dress-code violations, her delivery quickly became one of the loudest talking points ...